Mike Caldwell Stats

Mike Caldwell was born on Saturday, January 22, 1949, in Tarboro, North Carolina. Caldwell was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 4, 1971, with the San Diego Padres. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mike Caldwell baseball stats page.

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"As a competitor, I'd say (Mike) Caldwell is right up there with Luis Tiant and Dave McNally. They're the best three I've seen in the league." - Brewers Catcher Charlie Moore in Baseball Digest

Mike Caldwell

Mike Caldwell Autograph on a 1983 Topps Baseball Card (#142 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1983top03' title='1983 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Mike Caldwell Autograph on a 1983 Topps Baseball Card (#142 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Ralph Michael Caldwell
Nickname:   Iron Mike or Mr. Warmth
Born On:   01-22-1949  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Tarboro, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Tarboro High School (Tarboro, NC)
College:   North Carolina State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-04-1971 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-25-1984
Draft:   1971 : 12th Round (264th)

Mike Caldwell

Mike Caldwell Pitching Stats

1971 22 Padres 6 0 2 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 6.2 26 4 0 0 0 3 3 5 2 0 0 -
1972 23 Padres 42 20 10 7 11 .389 4.01 4 2 2 163.2 714 183 73 92 10 49 14 102 5 4 0 -
1973 24 Padres 55 13 27 5 14 .263 3.74 3 1 10 149.0 632 146 62 77 8 53 10 86 10 2 0 -
1974 25 Giants 31 27 3 14 5 .737 2.95 6 2 0 189.1 788 176 62 80 17 63 1 83 2 4 0 -
1975 26 Giants 38 21 4 7 13 .350 4.79 4 0 1 163.1 723 194 87 102 16 48 7 57 1 5 0 -
1976 27 Giants 50 9 19 1 7 .125 4.86 0 0 2 107.1 480 145 58 74 5 20 2 55 7 2 0 -
1977 28 Reds 14 0 5 0 0 .000 4.01 0 0 1 24.2 105 25 11 11 1 8 1 11 1 0 0 -
1977 28 Brewers 21 12 5 5 8 .385 4.58 2 0 0 94.1 417 101 48 58 6 36 7 38 4 2 2 -
1978 29 Brewers 37 34 1 22 9 .710 2.36 23 6 1 293.1 1,176 258 77 90 14 54 3 131 8 7 1 -
1979 30 Brewers 30 30 0 16 6 .727 3.29 16 4 0 235.0 967 252 86 96 18 39 2 89 5 4 0 0
1980 31 Brewers 34 33 1 13 11 .542 4.03 11 2 1 225.1 940 248 101 112 29 56 2 74 3 2 2 -
1981 32 Brewers 24 23 0 11 9 .550 3.93 3 0 0 144.1 609 151 63 70 18 38 4 41 3 1 1 -
1982 33 Brewers 35 34 0 17 13 .567 3.91 12 3 0 258.0 1,064 269 112 119 30 58 3 75 9 0 1 -
1983 34 Brewers 32 32 0 12 11 .522 4.53 10 2 0 228.1 970 269 115 125 35 51 1 58 3 1 1 0
1984 35 Brewers 26 19 0 6 13 .316 4.64 4 1 0 126.0 545 160 65 76 11 21 2 34 2 1 1 -
14 Years 475 307 77 137 130 .513 3.81 98 23 18 2,408.2 10,156 2,581 1,020 1,182 218 597 62 939 65 35 9 0

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Mike Caldwell Hitting Stats

1971 22 Padres 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000
1972 23 Padres 42 50 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 4 1 0 3 .140 .137 .140
1973 24 Padres 56 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3 0 0 2 .143 .167 .143
1974 25 Giants 31 63 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15 7 0 0 1 .143 .169 .143
1975 26 Giants 38 44 2 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 7 0 0 2 .159 .159 .227
1976 27 Giants 50 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .158 .158 .211
1977 28 Reds 14 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 1.000
1977 28 Brewers 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1978 29 Brewers 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1979 30 Brewers 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1980 31 Brewers 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1981 32 Brewers 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 33 Brewers 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1983 34 Brewers 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 35 Brewers 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
14 Years 476 216 11 34 7 0 0 0 8 4 0 62 22 1 0 8 .157 .172 .190

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Mike Caldwell Fielding Stats

1971 Padres P 6 0 20 3 0.5 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.05
1972 Padres P 42 20 491 58 1.4 56 9 47 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.08
1973 Padres P 55 13 447 43 0.8 41 12 29 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.48
1974 Giants P 31 27 568 59 1.9 59 11 48 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.80
1975 Giants P 38 21 490 44 1.2 43 10 33 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.37
1976 Giants P 50 9 322 31 0.6 30 8 22 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.52
1977 Reds P 14 0 74 4 0.3 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.46
1977 Brewers P 21 12 283 34 1.6 34 7 27 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.24
1978 Brewers P 37 34 880 64 1.7 64 14 50 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.96
1979 Brewers P 30 30 705 73 2.4 71 7 64 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.72
1980 Brewers P 34 33 676 46 1.4 45 8 37 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.80
1981 Brewers P 24 23 433 31 1.3 31 5 26 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1982 Brewers P 35 34 774 62 1.8 61 13 48 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.13
1983 Brewers P 32 32 685 44 1.4 42 4 38 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .955 1.66
1984 Brewers P 26 19 378 34 1.3 31 7 24 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .912 2.21
P Totals 475 307 7,226 630 1.3 615 116 499 15 39 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.30
14 Years 475 307 7,226 630 1.3 615 116 499 15 39 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.30

Mike Caldwell

Mike Caldwell Miscellaneous Stats

1971 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.67 6.75 4.05
1972 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 16.7 2.08 5.61 2.69
1973 Padres 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.9 0.0 1.62 5.19 3.20
1974 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.2 31.5 1.32 3.95 2.99
1975 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 14.7 1.19 3.14 2.64
1976 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 0.0 2.75 4.61 1.68
1977 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.38 4.01 2.92
1977 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.06 3.63 3.43
1978 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.43 4.02 1.66
1979 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.28 3.41 1.49
1980 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.32 2.96 2.24
1981 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.08 2.56 2.37
1982 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.29 2.62 2.02
1983 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.14 2.29 2.01
1984 Brewers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.62 2.43 1.50
14 Years 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0.0 3.5 27.0 1.57 3.51 2.23

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Mike Caldwell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1971 San Diego Padres 23 $12,750.00 - -
1972 San Diego Padres 23 $13,500.00 - -
1973 San Diego Padres 23 $15,000.00 - -
1974 San Francisco Giants 37 Undetermined - -
1975 San Francisco Giants 37 Undetermined - -
1976 San Francisco Giants 37 $42,000.00 - -
1977 Cincinnati Reds 44 $45,000.00 - -
1977 Milwaukee Brewers 48 "     "     - -
1978 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - -
1979 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - -
1980 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - -
1981 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - -
1982 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - Stats
1983 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - -
1984 Milwaukee Brewers 48 Undetermined - -

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In 1973, Jim Colborn won twenty-games, lost twelve, and became the first pitcher in Milwaukee Brewers history to join the 20-Wins Club. Five years later, Mike Caldwell won twenty-two games, lost nine, and became the first left-handed pitcher in Milwaukee Brewers history to join the 20 Wins Club.

In 1973, Jim Colborn threw twenty-two complete games and became the first Milwaukee Brewers pitcher with twenty-plus complete games in the same season. Five years later, Mike Caldwell threw twenty-three complete games and became the first Brewers left-handed pitcher with twenty-plus complete games in the same season. Through today, Caldwell holds the Brewers record for most complete games in a single season.

Jim Colborn (1973) and Mike Caldwell (1978) each recorded a 275+ innings pitched season as a Brewer and ended that season fielding a perfect 1.000 - the only two in team history and a fielding / pitching feat that has only been accomplished less than thirty times in American League history.

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Mike Caldwell & Gorman Thomas | McDonalds Place Mat | 1982 American League Champions
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The year before "Iron Mike" joined the 20 Wins Club, he won five games and lost fourteen games. The Sporting News awarded Caldwell with the Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1973 - the first (and through today, the only) Milwaukee Brewers player to receive the honor.

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1982 World Series | Game 1 | Mike Caldwell / Winning Pitcher (1st by a Brewer)
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Did you know that Mike Caldwell was the starting pitcher during Game 1 of the 1982 World Series, and by the end of that day, he had become the first Milwaukee Brewers pitcher to start a World Series Game, the first to throw a complete game in a World Series, the first to win a World Series Game, and the first to pitch a shutout in a World Series Game - the Brewers crushed the Cardinals in Game 1, 10-0. The Brewers lost the Series 3-4, but Caldwell did also earn a win during Game 5 (their first pitcher to win two games in a single World Series).